Great Basin Gold Announces Progress on Burnstone Project Funding

Great Basin Gold Ltd. announced that it has granted a mandate to Investec Bank Limited for the arranging of project funding for the Company’s Burnstone project in South Africa. The facility consists of a ZAR850 million (US$106 million) senior debt facility and a ZAR180 million (US$23 million) standby debt facility to cover potential cost overruns. Significant progress has been made in the finalization... 

Austral Pacific Energy Amends Loan Facility

Austral Pacific Energy Ltd. said that it has agreed with its loan facility provider, Investec Bank (Australia) Ltd, to further restructure the facility. Under the agreement with Investec, the maturity date for the current facility has now been extended to the 28th of February. The Bank and Austral will use this period to work toward a fundamental restructure of the company and further restructuring... 

Western Canadian Coal Agrees to Provide Loan Facility to Cambrian Mining

Western Canadian Coal Corp announces that it has entered into an agreement dated December 31, 2008, pursuant to which Western will make available a loan facility on a secured basis (the “Loan”) of up to US$36 million to Cambrian Investment Holdings Limited (“CIH”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cambrian Mining Plc (AIM: CBM) (“Cambrian”), the Company’s major... 

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Constellation Copper files an assignment in bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act

Constellation Copper Corporation announced that it has filed an assignment in bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada). The Lisbon Valley mine was originally financed with a $30.0 million collateralized loan package from Investec Bank (UK) Limited and a $3.0 million subordinated loan from Sempra Metals & Concentrates Corp.. The Investec financing facility was amended in February... 

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Austral Amends Loan Facility

Austral Pacific Energy Ltd. announces that it has agreed with its loan facility provider, Investec Bank (Australia) Ltd, to further restructure the facility. Under the agreement with Investec, the maturity date for the current facility has now been pushed back to the end of January, and the Bank has proposed to work with Austral through this period to restructure the facility. Austral will immediately... 

Global Minerals Completes Second and Final Drawdown in $2 Million Loan Financing with Investec Bank (UK) Limited

Global Minerals Ltd. announce that it has closed and completed the second and final drawdown (US$1,250,000) of the US$2,000,000 convertible loan facility with Investec Bank (UK) Limited (LONDON: INVP) (JOHANNESBURG: INP) (“Investec”). The Company completed its initial drawdown of US$750,000 on August 15, 2008. The loan will be used by Global Minerals primarily for expenditures related... 

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Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. moves to secure financing for mine expansion

Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that it has engaged the Commodities and Resource Finance Division of Investec Bank (UK) Limited (“Investec”) to arrange project finance and hedging facilities for the expansion of the Company’s Jerritt Canyon Mine in Nevada. The facilities are comprised of a term loan of US$40 million and a partial gold hedging program for the term of...